The Waxahachie daily light. [volume], November 13, 1916, Image 3

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•VI Torpedoed and Sunk by a
Sibuarint'—Taking Affidavit*
of Mtinbrn of tlie
Crew.
LONDON. Nov. 13.—Further de
oilsregarding, the sinking by a Cer
at submarine of the American
Haniian steamer Columbian are ex
jacted hourly. Word has been r< -
«ed here that progress is being
ndt in taking affidavits of the
:raibers of the Columbian’s crew
rio were landed at Comma.
Fragmentary reports of stories
slibesemen agree to these facts:
During a gale the Columbian was
pld up a week ago today by the
isbmarine which forced her crew to
iroir over sea anchors and to heave
LIBEL CASE CAPIAS IS
SERVES flljy. ROCKETT
wtoim or imiii tmi nt tm \r.
Dl* IN I'll'kliSTKO HAVs HK
BolJl W ARRANT w| r\ | |».
Rond In the Sum of jtTrui Was
Signed Its l our Rank l*re«t«lent*
of W avaiiac hie amt Re
turned to Dallas.
The sheriff's department on Run*
il«y received the mjdasfiom IMillas
I'" the P. Q. Rockett J.ihjd < ase, stories
choiit which appeared under flaring
deadlines jn the Dallas papers* on
I Saturday, and same was served this
morning. Mr Rockett, having read
• he Dallas papers, was expecting it,
in fart a half dozen prominent man
l ed hern to him for the privilege of
signing his bond. The bond was
fitted at .10 and when turned back
to Sheriff Dearborn bore the signa
tures of Mr. Rockett and the four
hr dk presidents of \Vaxnhachie.
The Indictment of Rockett grew
out of a notation on a check tender
ed In payment of a line in Justice
Burnett's court for speeding on the
i.alias county pike. The notation
was as follows: "For fine, eost and
graft." From the newspaper stories
Rockett also learned that the speed
ing case had been dismissed.
The fact that indictment had been
returned against Rockett was pub
lished two days before the warrant
(was served.
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tc until the storm subsided. After!
tOo days’ swinging in heavy seas the!
submarine commander ordered the
erev to take to the small boats.
When all were off the submarine tor
pedoed the steamer, which iatar
sank.
FORT WORTH PEOPLE
.ATTEND COTTON PALACE.
FORT WORTH. Texas. Nov.. 13.—
A special train, carrying 400 mem
bers of the Young Men's Business
league of this city to the Waco Cot
ton Palace, left over the I. & G. N.
this morning at 7:30 o'clock.
The Fort Worth boosters. with
fancy iiats, and a brass band, will J
spend tlie day at the South Texa^ |
e>position, returning laie tonight. j
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lirocwj Store of (Near llarri*, i 11!
Negr»> District, IH-stioyed
My Fire Kaj'ly
Today.
KALLA®. Tex.. Nov. 13.—"Don’t
try to run a grocery store on State
street any more."
This message was tied to a kero
sene can used to kindle the fire that
destroyed the store of Oscar Harris
early today. The message was sign
ed “X. R." ,
Harris and his wife, who were
asleep in the rear of the store, had
a narrow escape from death. They
were awakened by the shots of neigh
bors and fled in their night clothes.
The store was located in a negro
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district whore considerable feeling I
hu« been In evidence for some time
ZAPATISTAS ATTACK
TIMIN'. KIM,INC MANY.
I. Vli 110(1, Texas, Nov. 13 —Nearly
one hundred persons, including men.
vonien. children and Carranza sol
do ;.s, were killed Nov. 7 in an attack
by Zapata followers on a pr.rsonger
per train near Contreras, state of
Morelos, according to Mexico City
newspapers received here yesterday.
The passenger trait! was preceded by
n military convoy train eight kilo
meters In advance, which passed the
Zapatistas safely.
NUMEROUS NEW FEATURES
IN WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT
Waco Ladies Exerting Strenuous
Efforts to Eclipse All Past Cot
ton Palace Achievements.
Waco, Texas.--A large portion of the
success of the Cotton Palace Is at
trllnited to the loyal and unselfish
work of the ladio* of Waco. They feel
that the exposition is something that
belongs to them.' They are proud of It
They have seen It grow from a modest
beginning until it has now become one
of the big institutions of the state.
Without the valuable assistance of the
ladies, the Cotton Palate could nevet
have grown to its present magnificent
proportions.
The good ladles are already devot
Ing much of their time to the planning
of new and Interesting features for thf
exposition when it <*pens to the public
on Nov. 4. The chairmen In charge o!
the various departments are determin
ed to far excel all previous displays.
Each chairman was selected by the
president of the exposition on aceounl
of their especial fitness for that parti
nnlor lino cf wnrV
Mrs. J. S. llilT will have charge ol
all exhibits in the women’s depart
ment. Mrs. ,T. W Hale will have
charge of Woman’s day, which Is al
ways considered one of the biggest
days of the show. The children’s en
tertainment will be in the capable
hands of Mrs. George W. Cole. The
Better Babies contest will be conduct
ed by Mrs. Charles Ivy. The ladies will
also have charge of County School day
INTEREST IN QUEEN S RALt
Waco, Texas. Vug.—No event at the
Cotton Palace attracts larger crowdf
than the celebrated Queen’s hall. Thit
ha? grown to ho one of the big society
effalrs of Texas. It is a noted function
among, the leading people of th" state
It will l>e much more elaborate this
year than heretofore.
lie !"'- -’cp and their courts will soon
bet select ! f’ >m at least forty different
Texas citi"j
YOU OrGHT TO WATCH CHlLS
Obnoxious l-rhlts Do Not Como All
of a Sudden—Study It* De
velopment.
Hubert no longer comes to me with
hlc confidences. Matilda seems to bo
Interested in dresses; she has never
been that way before. Or perhaps
she is losing Interest In hnr school or
in her music By the tlrri'' you no
tice that she in losing Interest the pos
sibilities are that she has already lost !
It. Or Carl is very careless about his
language. or Katherine is not as tidy
us she should be.
Whatever it Is. the young buds of
the trouble wore present to bo seen
long before the flower appeared, says
a writer In the New York Tribune.
And while It. may not be fair to say
that they conld bava been prevented
in every case, it is likely that the
anticipation would have saved the par
ents a great d>al of unnecessary wor
ry and distress. These things that
grow in the life of a child day by
day. taking form only s’owly, are
eitlmr the norma! responses of thet
child’s nervous system to the demands
and the stirae’atlon of the environ
me;;f or they av* the normal responses
to the very fact of he'-oming older.
In the case of the latter, like the girl’s
tn!ere,t In dress und appearance, al
lowing ourselves to be surprised Is
simply Rn in hcation of ignorance. In
♦he CHS*- of the former, allow ing our?
STAGE SET FOR METHODIST
JO : CONFERENCE HERE
i t 1n. \n h wII.I, Itl lit\ TO Alt.
im I lit I \ lll.A Til 11 NS TO.
MOIIKOW MollNIMi.
Hisliop James II. Md'nj Will l*re
si<li Over session I rnliut Texas
i 'iinfMx M r W lii« li I on
n ur< Witlncsliiv
The stage Ik eel for the opening
i I the Methodist .lubili-e ttinfrirnr*
’ i Waxahachie winch convene* on
Wednesday morn lug Most of the
delegate* will arriie on Inertia).
I>. J vlt (lee and W (1 McClain,
liemlier* of the transportation rum
n Ittee, will meet alt trains and
tlirect the delegate* to the (hiircli
v. here the executive committee com
post d of A LasaweH, J Dee ivnn and
Walter A. Crow will assign them to
1 nine* during their stay in the city.
Thin committee will have headquar
ter* in the llaraccu class room on
the church lawn. Delegates who ar
rive over the H & T. C anti Inter*
urhau will walk to the church where
they will he assigned rooms, but
those from the Katy will find trans
portation facilities
While the conference proper does
not begin until Wednesday the cum
ir.ittees will hr in session here on
Tuesday and there will be service*
at the church on Tuesday night
(lev. r. G. Chappell, pastor of the
fknitboru Method I at university church*
in Dallas, will preach on Tuesday
evening. The first business session
of the conference will he held on
Wednesday morning at !» o'clock.
Bishop .lames 11 McCoy will preside
over the conference. The morning
devotional service will he conducted
by Bishop McCoy.
In the afternoon there will be
addresses or a sermon—the tmaiuena
session being held only during the
tucmlng hours. Also it sermon will
1 >• preached each evening during
ti e session.
On Sunday the custom of filling
the various pulpits in the city will
probably be followed Bishop Mc
Coy will preach ut the Methodist
church on Sunday.
The jubilee sermon will be deliver
ed Wednesday night by Rev. J. P.
Mussett, the only living member of
the old Northwest Texas conference
organised here fifty years ago. The
golden anniversary of the conference
is to he featured In the session here
this week. Many preachers who were
members of the old Northwest Texas
c< nference before the division will
be In attendance although not mem
bers of the Central Texas conference
at this time.
RUIN OR SNOW TONIGHT
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
WITH TKMPKRATIRK A1.MOST
FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON
IT IS EXPECTED.
i Coldest Woutlier of lilt' Full Season
Caine This Mooning With Stlfr
Norther Mowing and
Mist Falling.
Weather prognostications for to
night and tomorrow call for rain or
snow with a temperature as low us
IS above. The Indications this after
noon suggest that the weather man’s
predictions will come true because
the temperature Is hovering close to
the f-eezinjj point now with u stiff
I north wind blowing und occasional
[ mists of ruin.
Tho weather man bus been very
kind to this section of the country
during the present fall months and
people are Just about ready for
colder weather. Cotton picking 1h al
most finished and much of the corn
has been gathered. The fuel deal
ers and dry goods merchants will
welcome such wearner because it
mean* more business for them.
WITH NORTHER BLOWING
NONE OF FI El. SUPPLY STATIONS
HAVE WOOD WHEN INQFIRV j
IS MADE THIS AFTERNOON.
•
People Who Have Hern Hunting
Wood In Cook Stoves May lit
Coimteilrd to Go Over to
Coal iitinw-is.
_
It is a dreary time for a wood |
famine in Waxahachie, not withstand-1
Ing i h<- faet thaat a majority of the |
pt-oplc burn coal, but it appears to
day that we are In the midst of such
a famine. A telephone message to)
each of the recognized dealers this;
afternoon brought buck the same re
ply, "no wood," and In f onto In
stances th« dealers added ' and no
THE Dining Room should In* a cheerful
place, for when you eat your meals
amid pleasant surroundings you do much to
aid digestion. And good digestion means
health.
HAVE US FURNISH YOUR
DINING ROOM
The \ t iety of designs in tables, chairs, sitle
Ixiards, china closets, serving billies and the
like, is amide to satisfy your desires, whatever
they may Ik\ in the matter of style, finish and
price. Come in and talk it alk over with us.
We are as eager to give satisfaction as you are
to receive it.
Our Word Is a Guaranty of Honest Values.
S. P. SPALDING & TO.
Furniture Dealers—Funeral Directors.
\\> art* boosters for the Kills County Sanitarium.
coal,” but there seems to be plenty
of coal on hand.
Wnxahnchlo docs not conauino any
great amount of wood, but there la
a lively demand lor email hutches of
wood at all times, Dealers say they
arc unable to get wood and the town
Is completely without.
As a result of tho famine many of
the consumers are changing over to
coal burners and some ure putting
In gas
Died.
Robert, the sixteen-months old
child of Mr. and Mrs Walton Murff,
died at the home of his pureuts nt
Ennis Saturday morning* at 11:30;
o clock. Mrs. Murff Is the daugh
ter of Dan Wilson of this city.
.rU'AN H FOREIGN 'Ht ARE
GAINS WITH EVERY rOI NTRY
TOKIO, Nov. 11.— Some idea
tho wonderful progress Japan lui. j
made in her foreign trade since tie
war is ga'ned from figures just an
nounced here, in every part of the
world this nation has been estnb
lishfng her products, new markets |
have boc-n opened und steamship
lines, subsidized by tho government,
extended to every big port of Cali on
the fnto of the globe.
Greatest prosperity is being on
joyed, perhaps, in the trade with
Russia, Japan's ally, who is buying
everything from munitions to boots
and shoes. in ono month—last
August—Japan exported goods to
Russia valued at $5,343,600. Tills
figure becomes all the more signifi
cant when It is stated that the im
ports tliis country received from Rus
sia reached only $32,125, leaving a
| balance of $5,311,475 In favor of
! the exports.
South America la another part of
1 the world where Japan found mar
; lots which she in dly know existed
before. Exports t the South Araer-1
i lean countries for tho first eight |
months of this year amounted to;
$1,036,660, not a large figuro when i
nut alongside records in American1
trade, but worth considerable atten-!
tiou when it is recalled that dur-j
ing the same period Inst vear Japan's!
exports to South Aiperiru were val
ued at only $603,574. Thus her
trade In that direction has been near
ly doubled in a year
The South American republics to!
vliioh th** |>rtv
Chile, $352,335; Peru. $157,017.
Japnn has found a new and very
profitable market In South America
—and she Intends to hold It.
Thnn romps China, a market which
Japan declares really belongs to
her. a market In which she promises
to outrival all other foreign pow
ers During the last ten days of
September—just one third of ft
month—Japan's exports amounted
to $2.4411,309. For the first nine |
months of the yeur the total amount
of export to China was $60,751,
721, an Increase of $16,166,448 over
the corresponding period a year ago. . '%
As an Illustration of the way trad* *
ulib Australia lias been growing In
jiho proverbial "leaps and bounds,’*
i Japan's largest steamship company,
| the Nippon Ynson Kaiaha, a firm In ,
which ihe imperial family owns a j
| groat part of the stock, has Just add- j?
ed two more veenels to Its line to
the Antipodes, making a total of ten
I Japanese 'easels which are now ply
ing between this nation and AUatrft
I llun ports.
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SHIT OF OOFFOI
11JUU1HI
ALL llltlTlNH HIIIPM HAVE lll.'KN
OltUKIlKl) TO CARRV FUTV
PER CENT GltAIN CARGO.‘
A Tits Will Mukc It l*racticiilljr Ink
iwndiile For Them to Carry ,
Cotton or n General
Cargo.
GALVESTON, Texan, Nov. 13.—
The British admiralty has requi
sitioned all liners and tramp steam
ers In the Gulf und Atlantic trade
flying the British flag by ordering
them to carry a fifty per cent grain
c::rgo. The new grain requirement,
together with the metals requirement
already In force, practically loads
tl e ships to marks, making It lm
posaiblo for them to carry cotton
or a general cargo. Heretofpre
British ships have been permltted> to
carry one-third grain. All British
t< nnage has boon withdrawn- from
market. The order la said to extend
to all vessels in United States porta.
After ho has quit getting love let
ters, u man's chief interest In the
1 i infnlrod by the hopo that
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